Clark: June 14, 1805

June 14th Friday 1805 a fine morning, the Indian woman complaining all
night & excessively bad this morningher case is Somewhat
dangeroustwo men with the Tooth ake 2 with Turners, & one man
with a Tumor & Slight fever passed the Camp Capt. Lewis made the 1st
night at which place he had left part of two bear their skins &c three
men with Turners went on shore and Staycd out all night one of them killed
2 buffalow, a part of which we made use of for brackfast, the Current
excesevely rapid more So as we assend we find great difficuelty in getting
the Perogue & Canoes up in Safety, Canoes take in water frequently, at
4 oClock this evening Jo. Fields returned from Capt. Lewis with a letter
for me, Capt Lewis dates his letter from the Great falls of the Missouri,
which Fields informs me is about 20 miles in advance & about 10 miles
above the place I left the river the time I was up last week Capt. L.
informs that those falls; in part answer the discription given of them by
the Indians, much higher the Eagles nest which they describe is there,
from those Signs he is Convinced of this being the river the Indians call
the Missouri, he intends examineing the river above untill my arrival at a
point from which we can make a portage, which he is apprehensive will be
at least 5 miles & both above & below there is Several Small
pitches, & Swift troubled water we made only 10 miles to day and
Camped on the Lard Side, much hard Slate in the Clifts & but a Small
quantity of timber.